Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates

CHC 1 — PIT 2

Final — 2026-05-25

Game MVP: Ben Brown — 6.0 IP, 7 K, 1 ER

Game Recap: Read the full recap →

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
PIT	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	x	2	8	0

WP Wilber Dotel (1-0)

LP T. Thornton (2-1)

SV Gregory Soto (6)

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Lowe doubled to left, Horwitz scored. (1-0)

Top 5: Busch homered to center (409 feet). (1-1)

Bot 7: Davis homered to left (413 feet). (2-1)

Chicago Cubs — Batting

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Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.311	.363
Ian Happ	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.211	.348	.422
Michael Busch	1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.230	.358	.393
Alex Bregman	3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255	.340	.349
Michael Conforto	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.268	.369	.507
P. Ramirez	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429
Moises Ballesteros	DH	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.328	.444
Miguel Amaya	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.234	.352	.377
Dansby Swanson	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.186	.285	.343
Nico Hoerner	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.340	.373
Seiya Suzuki	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.240	.337	.411
Carson Kelly	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.378	.389

Pittsburgh Pirates — Batting

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Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Spencer Horwitz	1B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.282	.389	.443
Brandon Lowe	2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.265	.354	.551
Bryan Reynolds	RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.251	.377	.377
Nick Gonzales	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.301	.358	.347
Oneil Cruz	CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.318	.454
Marcell Ozuna	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.184	.273	.307
Konnor Griffin	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.262	.321	.384
Jhostynxon Garcia	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.286	.250
Henry Davis	C	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.144	.246	.288

Chicago Cubs — Pitching

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Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Ben Brown	6.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	83-58	2.01
T. Thornton	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	21-15	2.79	L, 2-1
Jacob Webb	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	23-16	2.78

Pittsburgh Pirates — Pitching

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Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Carmen Mlodzinski	5.0	5	1	1	3	2	1	86-50	3.76
Wilber Dotel	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	41-28	1.69	W, 1-0
Gregory Soto	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	2.13	S, 6

Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (22,174)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Mark Ripperger, First Base Umpire: Shane Livensparger, Second Base Umpire: Dan Merzel, Third Base Umpire: Dan Bellino

Broadcast: MARQ | SNPT